Databases
Academic OneFile -- One-stop source for millions of peer-reviewed, scholarly full-text articles in HTML and PDF formats from over 8,000 of the world's leading academic journals and reference sources. Comprehensively covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Multimedia feature includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content to 1995.

CQ Historic Documents Series Online Edition -- Includes approximately 3300 primary source documents covering the most significant events of the years since 1972. These documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.

CQ Researcher Plus Archive, 1923-present -- Over 3,600 in-depth, themed reports that analyze issues that have shaped the modern world, including reportage of current events placed within historical context. Search full text of the reports, limit searches by date and topic, and use Issue Tracker to trace important changes in issues over time.

CultureGrams -- Easy to use website with answers to all those questions about a country’s geography, history, peoples, customs, lifestyles, and society. In-depth profiles of countries and territories worldwide. Create comparison tables for multiple countries. Browse the Photo Gallery or Recipe Collection for that added touch of local flavor. Find essential facts on the 50 U.S. States, including maps, mottoes, and flags. And much more.

Facts On File World News Digest -- A weekly-updated database with full content of top news stories from 1940 to the present that provides information about important events, people, issues, facts, and figures. For even more current data, World News Digest includes an hourly-updated, live newsfeed from Reuters® with a two-week archive. Additional features include maps, photographs, historic documents, editorial cartoons, and special overviews and timelines of key issues, newsmakers, and events since 1940.

Footnote.com -- The Footnote.com collections feature documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents. In addition to hosting millions of records, Footnote.com creates an environment where members can share their content and insights, ranging from major historical events to personal accounts and family histories.

History Resource Center (U.S.) -- With comprehensive coverage of more than 50 of the most-studied topics in U.S. history, this database provides access to over 4,000 primary historical documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.

History Resource Center: World - History Resource Center: World draws upon themes and trends from current history curriculums and World History textbooks to offer students and researchers comprehensive, award-winning reference content, academic and scholarly journals, as well as thousands of primary sources, images, and maps. Includes coverage of the 20th century.

SIRS KnowledgeSource -- A combination of databases providing full-text articles from a wide variety of sources for a diverse age range of users. Subject areas include the social sciences, government, sciences, the arts, and others.

eBooks
Dictionary of American History -- This authoritative work serves students, scholars, and general readers interested in a wide range of topics in American history, from the well studied and familiar to the obscure.

Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security -- A comprehensive, subject specific guide to the history, uses, scientific principles, and technologies of espionage, intelligence, and security, with special emphasis placed on the current ethical, legal, and social issues surrounding this very topical subject.

Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages -- A broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Examines more than 430 items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from togas to turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses. This set shows how clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs.

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History -- Addresses such key issues as: How has the U.S. Constitution shaped the economy of the United States? What were the consequences of Prohibition on consumers' behavior? This title presents 1,000 entries, era overviews, event/movement profiles, biographies, business/industry profiled, geographic profiles, and more.

Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students -- Renaissance-era topics most studied in high school world history, art, literature, economics, and science curriculum. Includes entries on a range of topics, including Florence, Galileo, heraldry, Medici family, opera, piracy, Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, and many others. Includes a master chronology with topical timelines, a bibliography with age-appropriate further reading sources, and a comprehensive index.

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture -- More than 2,700 signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and, where appropriate, photographs and textual cross-references to related essays.

Websites
Civil War Maps -- Section of the Library of Congress’ American Memory Project containing approximately 2,240 Civil War maps and charts and 76 atlases and sketchbooks, and related essays. Searchable, and browsable by place, subject, creator, and title.

Country Studies -- Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. Browse alphabetical index of countries or by continent, choose an in-depth country study or brief profile, or search information across all countries.

Historical Voices -- A fully searchable online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century.

HyperHistory.com -- An ongoing project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps. Includes military, political, scientific, cultural and religious facts and events as well as a comprehensive eBook survey of world history.

The History Channel -- Featured video clips, articles, This Day in History, timelines, speeches, discussion boards, a video gallery and more. Search by keywords or browse by topic.

The History Place -- Feature articles and primary documents on various eras of American and world history, photos and speeches of the week, a monthly calendar highlighting historical events, point-of-view essays, a tourism guide for historical attractions.